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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Alfio Zanchi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David M. Thomas, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Joseph L. Sousa, Lawrence, MA (US);
Andrew J. Thomas, Arlington, MA (US);
Jesper Steensgaard-madsen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alfio Zanchi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David M. Thomas, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Joseph L. Sousa, Lawrence, MA (US);
Andrew J. Thomas, Arlington, MA (US);
Jesper Steensgaard-Madsen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Circuits and methods that improve the performance of voltage reference driver circuits and associated analog to digital converters are provided. A voltage reference driver circuit that maintains a substantially constant output voltage when a load current is modulated by an input signal is provided. The voltage reference driver circuit synchronously decouples a voltage regulation circuit from the load circuit when modulating events such as pulses caused by the load circuit during a switching interval are generated, preventing disturbance of the regulation circuitry and keeping its output voltage substantially constant.